Distribution of voter slips setto be completed in city today
The Hindu
Corporation officials of 200 divisions are reaching out to 40,57,061 residents
The Greater Chennai Corporation has started issuing voter slips in the 16 Assembly constituencies under its jurisdiction from Friday. The exercise will be completed by Sunday evening. A senior official said voter slips had been supplied to the electoral registration officers (EROs) and the same were being distributed through the booth-level officers (BLOs) since Friday in north Chennai areas such as Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar and Perambur. The officials of all 200 divisions of the civic body would be involved in the distribution of 40,57,061 voter slips. Of the 16 Assembly constituencies in the city, Perambur has the highest number of voters, at 3,15,884, followed by Velachery, with 3,14,537 voters. Virugambakkam has more than 2,90,000 voters.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












